This Week in the Electric Universe
Dec 14, 2009 Seeing Red Giants
Many red giant stars exhibit variations in their luminosities over periods of several months to a few years. Recent observations “show that all the possible explanations…fail.”
Dec 15, 2009 Faster Than Light: Part One
How big is the Universe? How old is it?
Dec 16, 2009 VISTA’s First Light
A new telescope designed to see objects in visible and infrared light has just come online.
Dec 17, 2009 Faster Than Light: Part Two
If distance calculations based on redshift are inaccurate, what does that mean for the consensus opinion about the age or the size of the Universe?
Dec 18, 2009 Things that Go Bump in the Light
The northern aurora contains regions that sometimes emit energetic bursts of light.
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